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SCHUBERT

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Overview

SCHUBERT (noun)
  The noun SCHUBERT has 1 sense:

1. Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828)play

  Familiarity information: SCHUBERT used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SCHUBERT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Franz Peter Schubert; Franz Schubert; Franz Seraph Peter Schubert; Schubert

Instance hypernyms:

composer (someone who composes music as a profession)


 Context examples 


As they came up onto the stone plateau that crowns the hill, Amy waved her hand as if welcoming him to her favorite haunt, and said, pointing here and there, Do you remember the Cathedral and the Corso, the fishermen dragging their nets in the bay, and the lovely road to Villa Franca, Schubert's Tower, just below, and best of all, that speck far out to sea which they say is Corsica?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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